Clevis



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J. M.- IVERSON.

GLEVIS. Patented Dec. 15, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN M. IVERSON, OF WORTHING, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CLEVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,273, dated December15, 1891. y

Application filed April 28, 1891. Serial No. 390,767. (No model.)

To all-whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J oHN M. IVERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worthing, in the county of Lincoln and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olevises;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The special object of the invention is to make a clevis for plows orother purposes, so that the bolt may be readily detached from or lockedin the body of the clevis.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan View; Fig. 2, a longitudinal verticalsection, and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical section.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the clevis, which is made inthe usual form,

the metal being bent so as to fork or bifurcate, and thus have two equalparallel arms a a connected by a curve a. It is not absolutely necessarythat these arms shall be exactly parallel or of precisely the samelength; but they are preferably made so. The upper whose side Wall iscorrespondingly beveled to support the bolt-head 1). Through twohorizontal and opposite holes a a in the arms a a passes a wooden pin orstrip of leather O, which is tapered so as to hold its place by frictionafter it has been pushed in or pulled through. The bolt is insertedthrough the top open portion of slot and pushed forward until the pointI) has'gone through the hole a in the bottom arm a and the head ispartially under the cap a. The pin or strip 0 is now pushed or drawnthrough the holes a a until it is tightly lodged there. When thussecured, the cap a will prevent the bolt from rising, While the pin orcross-piece C will prevent it from Working forward out of its posi tionunder the cap.

What I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

The clevis 'A, having the oblong slot a cap a, and holes a a a, the boltB, having its head countersunk in said slot and adapted to slide 'undersaid cap, and the cross-pin or strip 0, all combined and-arranged as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. IVERSON.

' Witnesses:

M. L. SYVERND, MATH HANSON.

